MAKING MONEY ON YOUTUBE

Hello Everyone, my name is AFRICAN TIGRESS . I am a Kenyan Youtuber. I am here to discuss on how someone can make money on YouTube due to popular demand. So I will first share my journey. I started my YouTube channel last October 2018. For me it was basically a place to store memories from my travels and adventure. I didn’t know anything about youtube paying and stuff like that untill mid February 2019 when a friend suggested that if I became serious on YouTube I could actually get paid for that.i had only 61 subscribers then. I researched and now was determined to start getting paid by the end of the year. Initially I had the fear of sharing my channel because of the stereotypes a lot of people have towards Youtubers. But in March 2019 I decided not to give a fuck and do what makes me happy. I started sharing it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJhvvobn8aU

So in order to start getting paid on YouTube you need to have 1000 subscribers, and 4000hrs(240K mins) watchtime in the past 12months. So incase you have 1 video that is 10 minutes long 24k people will need to watch it fully in order to get the 240K minutes. Basically the more videos you have the easier it is to attain the watch time. It is the total amount of time that people have watched all your videos. If you don’t attain the watch time and subscribers at the end of the 12 months, you have to start all over again.

To my surprise I hit 1K subscribers by mid March and one of my videos blew. I got the 4000hrs on 24th March and by end month I got approved for the YouTube Partner Programme(monetization). As you are creating a Youtube channel you must have an adsense account. So once you have been approved for monetization and you are making money it will be sent to your adsense account. You can only withdraw from adsense once you have hit the payment threshold which is €70. Keep an eye on your adsense as they will send you a pin to your post office which you must key in in order to withdraw the funds.

So my first payment on YouTube which was the April payment was €127. At this time my channel was about to hit 3K subscribers. The next payment was more than triple the first payment. And the channel keeps growing every month the payment gets better. I am currently at 10.4K subscribers.
There are lots of opportunities that have risen from the channel including voice over opportunities for some Italian company that knew me from youtube and paying very well for that. There are companies that want me to promote their products and services some I do some I don’t depending on what my audience would love to see.

You can also use your YouTube channel to now promote your business incase you have one.

How does YouTube pay? It basically pays based on the ads placed on your videos. If your video is less than 10 mins you can’t add more ads to it. It will most likely have 1 ad. Any video above 10 mins, as a creator you can insert more ad breaks. In my opinion I think the best videos are between 10-15 minutes. So the location of the viewers also matters. If most of your viewers are from the US which has good CPM(cost per 1000views)about you willl earn better than views from Burundi for instance whose CPM is low…This is because advertisers in the US pay higher to advertise on YouTube than advertisers from Burundi or most African countries.

Here is the link on my YouTube journey. Support a sister and please subscribe to my channel :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHE50R301iM

Ask me any question.

Tusafishe macho, btw we don’t click unless it’s a …

i think to be successful on youtube you need to create a niche and stick to it getting better with it with time something kenyan youtubers lack, trudy was good before wode maya came along, tewa is okay joanna kinuthia is just good to look at and thats basically it content hukua zero

mark wiens and best ever food review show are classic examples of the food market niche
the stradman is one of the best car enthusiasts to follow, he has a very likable aura on camera

Hata hukumkaribisha mgeni :D:D:D

@sani kuja patia mrasta like bana.

do you plan on doing youtube as a fulltime job ama it will always be a hobby for you?

@Mundu Mulosi here

You can’t put all your eggs in one basket. It will probably be one of the main things I will be doing

Nice, cause you need alot of dedication and time for your channel to keep growing.

In my opinion, the Kenyan YouTube scene is more conducive for female influencers. Nowadays I come across many channels that I’d never heard of, that are less than 6 months old but with more than 10k subscribers. I think it’s easier for them because it mostly involves gossip, travel, fashion, make-up etc. There are common themes such as make up tutorials, toi/kilimall/jumia haul, a day in the life of. The main challenge is to keep coming up with content.

For males I think they need to invest more because channels focusing on tech reviews, cars, gaming etc are just harder to pull off.

Yes, and for a travelling youtuber like me it’s an investment especially when you are starting because you spend a lot of money to travel

African Tigress asante sana nimesaficha macho hapo your channel.Naona wewe ni fisilet more videos like this please.Si unaona they’re amongst your most viewed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVbdYkC5l1M

@African Tigress Usisahau kusafisha sisi macho. Na ukipata Wabosha Maxine umuambie nampenda sana

You know mono baller

Personally I don’t do make up and hauls. I must also say there are several things ladies can do that men can’t like do in Africa. In the US there are men who do make up and such kind of stuff because they are gay and it’s much acceptable there.
There are men who travel though and they are doing well. My channel is about travelling. I wanted to do travel and investment but the business videos don’t get views as such. I was advised people are tired with super serious stuff and at the end of the day they want to go back home if they are checking youtube they want to be entertained. That’s why comedy channels are biggest in Kenya.

I should have chronicled my weight loss journey from a somewhat fat guy to a fitness god with a killer chiselled body. Ninge nukisha kitunguu mbaya sana.
Just that I don’t like attention.

Hehehe the Luo night was held in a club called pier. I read the name in dholuo and started laughing. All the best AFRICAN tigress ( the name is nice, it gives certain hints).

Hahahaha hujaona hiii ya Kisumu with over 200K views…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_LyQl6abQ

Hehehe enda kwa channel usafishe na nightlife playlist

I have to say you sound Ugandan not Kenyan. And also most of your Vida are in Ug.That said does tsegera mean the same as stegen